Western Independent

Stories from Curtin University's Journalism Students

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026

Menu

  • About Western Independent
  • Curtin Journalism
  • Teaching staff
  • Contact

Be(ing) 4 real

By Emily Vajs on October 22, 2026

Uni-mergency

By Kyle Halcyon on October 22, 2026

Baldivis drivers battle risky road

By Bethany Forbes on October 22, 2026

Learning about living with death

By Hannah Davies on October 18, 2026

Farming from above

By Gemma Seymour on October 16, 2026

Writing a different journey

By Hannah Davies on October 11, 2026

Topics

  • Advice
  • Agriculture
  • Animal welfare
  • Animals
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Child care
  • Community
  • Cost of Living
  • COVID-19
  • Crime
  • Culture
  • diabetes
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Election 2019
  • Election 2022
  • Emergency
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Family
  • Fashion
  • Feature Slider
  • Feature Story
  • Food
  • Football
  • General
  • Health
  • Indigenous affairs
  • Just Causes series
  • law
  • Legal
  • Major Project
  • Media
  • Mental Health
  • Music
  • News Day
  • News Writing and Reporting
  • pests
  • Podcast
  • Politics
  • Profile
  • Property
  • Radio
  • Review
  • Science
  • Sexuality
  • Shanghai
  • Singapore
  • Sport
  • Students
  • Technology
  • Transport
  • Travel
  • Video News
  • War
  • Weather
  • Women
  • Youth

Follow us

Inkwire Facebook page

The Ossie Awards

  • Australia’s best student journalists recognised

Journalism Education & Research Association of Australia

  • Australia’s journalism teachers and researchers

Women in Media

  • Get involved

Month by month

Lathlain Park set to become Eagles’ new home

By Anna Miller on May 13, 2016

The State Government will provide the money over the next four years.

Port Kennedy liquor store robbed

By Saxon Durrant on May 13, 2016

The robber wandered in and strolled out, brandishing a club.

Australia ‘needs a Bill of Rights’

By Caleb Gorton on May 13, 2016

Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says there is little protection for the rights of the most vulnerable.

Police seize massive haul of illicit drugs

By Laura Meachim on May 12, 2016

The drugs were found during raids in East Perth, Innaloo and Highgate.

Scaffidi will not resign

By Laura Meachim on May 12, 2016

Deputy mayor James Limnios has called for Lisa Scaffidi to stand aside.

Man charged over Banksia Grove shooting

By Nabila Morgan on May 12, 2016

23-year-old Mitchell Finnerty died in the attack.

Money in Budget to fight meth addiction

By Chloe Hobson on May 12, 2016

Almost $15 million set aside for treatment of addicts.

Labor unveils new Fremantle candidate

By Natalie Rogers on May 12, 2016

Chris Brown was disendorsed for allegedly failing to tell Labor about his minor criminal history.

WA Police Band celebrates 50 years

By Rachel Wong on May 12, 2016

The anniversary was celebrated with a grand march through the city.

Scaffidi says she still has council support

By Rachel Wong on May 12, 2016

She has challenged Deputy Mayor James Limnios to move a vote of no confidence at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Fyfe ruled out for the rest of the season

By Nicola McNamee on May 12, 2016

But Fremantle is confident he will be ready to go in 2017.

Josh Wilson is Labor’s new candidate for Fremantle

By Rachel Wong on May 12, 2016

Labor’s new face for Fremantle.

Prescribed burns covers suburbs in smoke

By Natalie Rogers on May 12, 2016

The blanket of grey smoke could last for days.

Limnios calls for Scaffidi to resign

By Rachel Wong on May 12, 2016

The Deputy Lord Mayor says the Lord Mayor’s position is ‘untenable’.

School student threatened with garden shears

By Nicola McNamee on May 12, 2016

The boy was waiting for a bus in Como.

WA police band celebrates its 50th anniversary

By Nicola McNamee on May 12, 2016

The band will march through the Perth Cultural Centre this morning.

Instagram gets a makeover

By Rachel Wong on May 12, 2016

The popular photo sharing app looks a little different now #nofilter

Posts navigation

‹ Newer 1 … 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 … 203 Older ›

General »

Be(ing) 4 real

Uni-mergency

Baldivis drivers battle risky road

Education »

Writing a different journey

Mary Hutton: willing and able

Bags of kindness

Arts »

Making her own luck 

Don’t underestimate Junyi Thia

Beyond the ballet barre

Feature Story »

Stressed out? Tingle down

Doing a power of good

Farming from above

Health »

The acai wave

Does Oktoberfest prost risks?

Learning about living with death

Sport »

Low bar for alcohol ads

Dockers give Freo the heave-ho

Possibilities for all abilities

Youth »

Armed with resilience

Show revealed child protection gap

Guiding growing girls 

Most Viewed Stories

  • Refilling today, inspiring tomorrow
  • Perth’s own Dolly
  • Remote WA: Game on
  • Risky business
  • 'Back yourself'
  • Stressed out? Tingle down
  • Indonesian language crisis in WA
  • Student scavengers
  • Prickle praise party
  • Heritage listing gives West End clubs a fighting chance

Looking for a creative pathway to uni?

Recent Stories

  • Stressed out? Tingle down
  • Remote WA: Game on
  • Refilling today, inspiring tomorrow
  • Be(ing) 4 real
  • The acai wave
  • Uni-mergency
  • Baldivis drivers battle risky road
  • Losing the helping hands
  • Doing a power of good
  • Does Oktoberfest prost risks?
  • Learning about living with death
  • Farming from above
  • War, peace and medicine
  • Low bar for alcohol ads
  • Writing a different journey
  • Bellissimi libri
  • Indigenous rights, 19 years later
  • Purnululu’s unfinished business
  • Inside the arms expo
  • Dockers give Freo the heave-ho
  • A life of service
  • Shifting the goalposts
  • Making her own luck 
  • Armed with resilience
  • Mary Hutton: willing and able
  • Stirring up anti-vegans
  • Prac-tically broke
  • Defining gravity
  • Defying the odds 
  • Show revealed child protection gap
  • The folks behind the frequency
  • The ‘Kate effect’
  • WA’s new retirement village reforms
  • WA growers can’t keep up
  • Warmer winters threaten Araluen’s tulips
  • More than a riding centre
  • Don’t underestimate Junyi Thia
  • Perth’s own Dolly
  • Bags of kindness
  • Making waves

Western Independent Facebook page

Western Independent Facebook page

Administration

CRICOS Provider Code
WA 00301J
  • Privacy statement
  • Accessibility information

Contact Western Independent

  • Tel: +61 8 9266 4638
  • Contact form
curtin University Logo
  • Top categories: General Fremantle
Powered by WordPress.com. |
Loading Comments...